Obituaries
Cardinal Francis George, the first Chicago native to serve as the local archbishop and a man who during that 17-year tenure became the intellectual leader of the American church, died Friday morning at his home after a years long struggle with cancer.
April 17, 2015
World & Nation
The Chicago City Council on Wednesday unanimously voted to approve a historic $5.5-million reparations fund for torture victims of the notorious Chicago police Cmdr.
May 6, 2015
Pope Francis’ special meeting on protecting children from sexual abuse by clergy may be a turning point for the Vatican, but many critics still wonder what took so long.
Feb. 19, 2019
Pope Francis pulled shut the Holy Door of St.
Nov. 20, 2016
Cardinal Francis George, a vigorous defender of Roman Catholic orthodoxy who led the U.S. bishops’ fight against Obamacare and played a key role in the church’s response to the clergy sex abuse scandal, has died.
Pope Francis on Thursday introduced sweeping orders that will require priests and nuns to report accusations of sexual abuse or cover-ups to church authorities.
May 9, 2019
Defining his mission to create a more merciful church, Pope Francis published Friday a much-anticipated exhortation on love and marriage, easing the way for remarried, divorced Catholics to rejoin the faith but reiterating limits on same-sex unions and the ban on contraception and abortion.
April 8, 2016
Illinois Atty. Gen.
Dec. 19, 2018
Opinion
On Thursday, Pope Francis will convene a long-awaited meeting of Catholic bishops and other church leaders to frame a global response to the abuse by clergy of “minors and vulnerable adults.”
Feb. 21, 2019
California
U.S. Catholic bishops are meeting this week, and in a historic move, archbishop Jose Gomez, an immigrant, is widely expected to take top post.
Nov. 11, 2019